MEA | African Excellence Awards 2025 25 Africa’s business landscape offers entrepreneurs a dynamic mix of rapid growth, digital transformation, and sectoral diversification. It stands as an ever-evolving environment, requiring contextually relevant and high-impact organisational development from entities hoping to succeed in this space. Based in Gqeberha, Amekh Group is an emerging company aiming to help leaders and teams build the capabilities needed to thrive in such complex, advancing environments. Amekh Group was founded in 2020 by Merle Kock and Khavitha Singh, two experienced strategists and educators striving to bridge the gap between strategy and execution by delivering tailored solutions that combine insight, innovation, and action. A purpose-led advisory and capability-building firm, Amekh Group was created to respond to the necessity for organisational development in Africa that is effective, relevant, and adapted to the continent’s distinct needs. The company is broken into two subdivisions: AmekhOE, standing for Operations Excellence, and AmekhQE, or Quality Excellence. Under these two subdivisions, Amekh Group provides a comprehensive service to its clientele that entails both advisory and development, including consultancy, training, and coaching. The company caters to a variety of industries across the supply chain, including pharmaceutical, healthcare, supply chain and distribution, fast-moving consumer goods companies, business schools, and many more. “We co-create practical, people-focused solutions. With deep local insight and global perspective, we help organisations unlock performance, strengthen leadership, and drive lasting impact.” “Our vision is to be a trustworthy and preferred supplier of leadership capability enablement within operational excellence and quality leadership,” said Merle, “with our mission being to provide both our clients and our partners with a service that is underpinned by professionalism, excellence, and integrity. Our services are delivered by industry professionals who combine practical experience and skills with current best practices and theory, incorporating various models, tools, and our frameworks.” What truly sets Amekh Group apart from the crowd is the company’s comprehensive suite of capabilities. Rather than selecting a focused specialty, Merle and Khavitha opt to utilise their broad spectrum of knowledge and experience to cover a wide range of Operations and Quality offerings. The pair’s associate pool also includes subject matter experts in Sustainability, Laboratory Controls and Testing, Manufacturing Validation and Qualification, and Data Management and Technology Systems, with proven track records in both realms of consulting and teaching. These associates are used as required throughout its various processes and are generally selected based on a process of due diligence that ensures they share Amekh Group’s principles and work ethics. Each new associate is guided and coached in alignment with the specific project, with regular check-ins and performance feedback provided throughout. Outside of the associate pool, Merle and Khavitha work together with a strong sense integrity, committed to building relationships with their clients and network through continual value-added offerings. This has proven an entirely successful approach, with Amekh Group having undertaken a number of prosperous projects across the continent. This includes developing, implementing, and coordinating a Management Development Program (MDP) for a multinational beer company; executing an MDP for a Private Hospital Group with 19 hospitals across Africa and the Middle East; and conducting international pharmaceutical inspections to ensure compliance with global regulatory standards. “These are just some examples of the ways in which Amekh Group is ensuring the development of leadership within the continent,” Merle and Khavitha highlighted. “By enabling leaders to perform in lIne with companies’ strategic drive and goals, this will ensure the growth of companies and economies across Africa.” At its core, Amekh Group is a company dedicated to facilitating the advancement of Africa’s socioeconomic development. Social responsibility is something the company takes incredibly seriously, having received the Standard Bank Top Women in Business Awards in 2022 and 2024 for its empowerment of women across South Africa. This is an accolade that sits very close to Merle and Khavitha’s heart, understanding that the gap in gender equality, especially within Africa, will take a concerted effort from every citizen. Moving forward, Amekh Group has a number of exciting projects in the pipeline. In fact, the company has recently secured a significant project within the vaccine sector, with the goal of establishing efficient vaccine production while also transferring the necessary technology and expertise to local manufacturers in South Africa. Bestowed with the MEA’s Supply Chain Operations and Quality Excellence Award 2025 in the 2025 African Excellence Awards, it is clear that Amekh Group is on an upward trajectory that the company has no intentions of slowing down. Reflecting upon the company’s significant successes, Merle shared: “We are a young company, but we have shown consistent growth year on year, guided by our vision and strategic intent.” Contact: Merle Kock Company: Amekh Group Web Address: https://amekhgroup.co.za/ Supply Chain Operations & Quality Excellence Award 2025 – MEA “Empowering Leaders, Enabling Excellence.”
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